Repurposing a T5 work light to reef light.

[AdamD76]

I picked this T5 work light out of the recycle bin at work and decided to make it work for my tank.

The first thing I did was pull the internals. The ballast was shot so I grabbed a T5 Ballast from BRS.

Start reassembly and test to make sure things are working.

The BRS ballast was longer than the old one so I had to mount it to the top of the light.

All buttoned up and ready to go.

Testing over tank.

Its working good and adds a little more light to the tank. The bulbs are ATI coral+ 36".

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Nice!!

 

[Thaxxx]

Very nice.
I might put some kind of heavy duty tape to cover the exposed electrical leads to protect them from salt creep